The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of RAAF nurses in bathing costumes at a Medical Receiving Station in New Guinea after working hours. Most of their off-duty hours are spent sun-bathing, swimming and working in their garden. Identified: 500147 Senior Sister Elizabeth Rose Doherty from Kew, Victoria; 500268 Sister Glenda Josephine McNamara from Leongatha, Victoria; 500232 Sister Erna Margaret Begg from St Kilda, Victoria; 503047 Matron Thelma Victoria Franklin from Sturt, South Australia; 501392 Sister Marion Pozieres Gertrude Witcombe from Earlwood NSW; 501159 Sister Betty Doreen Furey from Newcastle, NSW enjoying a chat in the sun after a dip in the cool shining waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Informal portrait of nursing sisters of a RAAF Medical Receiving Station at a forward area base in New Guinea enjoy a well-earned dip in the cool waters of the Pacific Ocean. Identified are: 500268 Si
Informal group portrait of RAAF nursing sisters relaxing in their ante-room adjoining the mess of Northern Command RAAF at a forward base in New Guinea. Identified from left to right: 500440 Sister Em
Informal group portrait of nurses in their tropical uniforms at No 1 Medical Receiving Station RAAF. Identified from left to right: 501392 Sister Marion Pozieres Gertrude Witcombe from Earlwood NSW; 5
Informal portrait of two RAAF nurses walking down to the beach for a swim after duty in a Medical Receiving Station in New Guinea. Identified as 501159 Sister Betty Doreen Furey from Newcastle, NSW an
Informal portrait of 501392 Sister Marion Pozieres Gertrude Witcombe from Earlwood NSW and 500368 Sister Phyllis Ann Fewkes from Moonee Ponds, Victoria, serving meals to hungry patients from the hospi
Informal portrait of 500268 Sister Glenda Josephine McNamara from Leongatha, Victoria who is a theatre sister at No 1 Medical Receiving Station RAAF, preparing and sterilizing instruments for a surgic
